Leandro Erlich was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he lives today. Erlich creates uncanny spaces with fluid and unstable boundaries, drawing inspiration from Jorge Luis Borges, Alfred Hitchcock, Roman Polanski, Luis Buñel and David Lynch. In 2001 he represented his country in the 49th Venice Biennale, and has also participated in the Biennials of Istanbul (2001), Shanghai (2002), São Paulo (2004), the Whitney Biennial (2000) and the 1st Busan Biennale (2002). Ehrlich has presented at La Nuit Blanche, the Palais de Tokyo, the Museo Reina Sofia, and MoMA PS1, among many other spaces.

Lonely as a Cloud

Water, in all its forms, is a central element and metaphor in the work of Buenos Aires-based artist Leandro Erlich, who calls himself an “architect of the uncertain”. The title of his project, Single Cloud Collection, jokingly points to the uncertain qualities of H2O and the collective nature of clouds; his clouds may be isolated in individual boxes, but each is created from a compilation of layered glass sheets with acrylics applied to give the illusion of depth. Just as a real cloud is a conglomeration of billions of water droplets, these frozen cloud images are but illusions of singularity. I (ew)